Metro Smichnick;926 Brown St.;North Belle Vernon;died Thursday;Sept.4;1980; at 12:43 a.m. in McKeesport Hospital. He was 66. Born Nov.2;1913 in North Belle Vernon;he was the son of the late Samuel and Eva Novak Smichnick. He was a life-long resident of North Belle Vernon. Mr.Smichnick retired in 1968 as an employee in the coke plant of the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.;Monessen Plant. He was Russian Orthodox by faith. Survivors include a daughter;Mrs.Gregory (Linda) Brletich of Fellsburg;two sons;Samuel M.Smichnick of North Belle Vernon and James W.Smichnick of Los Alamitos;Calif.;;three brothers;John and Bill Smichnick;both of Belle Vernon and Joe Smichnick of Monongahela;three sisters;Mrs.Ed (Mary) Donnini of Jeannette and Mrs.Mike (Ann) Mongelluzzo and Mrs.Sirio (Jewell) Sasselli;both of Donora;four grandchildren;Suzanne and Jessica Smichnick and Gregory and Barbara Brletich;and a number of nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents;he was preceded in death by a brother;Mike;in 1979. Friends will be received in the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday. A blessing service will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. at the funeral home;with the Rev.John Kluchko;pastor of the Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church;Belle Vernon. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Leonard J.Parzynski;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.

Olive M.Stone;215 Otto St.;Belle Vernon;died Thursday;August 21;1980; at 6:30 a.m.at Mon Valley Hospital. Born March 25;1893;she was the daughter of the late George and Mary Deerfield Harger. Mrs.Stone had been a Belle Vernon area resident for over 60 years. Mrs.Stone was Presbyterian by faith. She was preceded in death by her husband;Scott L.Stone;in 1923. Survivors include a son;Vincent W.Stone;with whom she resided;a daughter;Mrs.Mary Jupin of Belle Vernon;seven grandchildren;19 great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon from 7 to 9 p.m.on Thursday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.on Friday. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m.at the funeral home. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.

Dressel Lynn Stoner;71;of 804 Shady Ave.;Charleroi;died suddenly Monday;July 14;1980;at his home. Born Feb.28;1909 in Charleroi;he was the son of the late Anna Drew and Logan Stoner. Mr.Stoner was a member of Teamters Union 872. He was a member of the Twin Lodge No.67;F&AM. Survivors include his widow;Florence Douglas Stoner;a son;Raymond L.of Donora;a daughter;Gloria M.Burns of Washinton;D.C.;three sisters;Mrs.Rosabel Harvey of Youngstown;Ohio;Mrs.Lucille Woods of Cleveland;Ohio;and Mrs.Edythe Payne of Charleroi;three grandchildren;and a host of friends and relatives. Friends will be received in the Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home;Monessen;on Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. from the funeral home with the Rev.James Allen officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Ruth Ann Sprouse of 500
Pearl St.; Brownsville; died
Wednesday afternoon;July 2;1980; in
Brownsville General Hospital.
She was 55.
Mrs. Sprouse was born Feb
28; 1925; in Brownsville; a
daughter of the late Paul F.
and Isabelle Allen Randolph.
She was an organist and
choir director for the Fort
Burd United Presbyterian
Church; Brownsville.
Mrs. Sprouse was a member
of Order of Eastern Star No.
211; California Chapter; affiliated
with the Rainbow
Girls Assembly 26;
Brownsville; Past Royal
Patron; Melinda Court 122 and
a member of Order of
Amaranth.
Survivors include her
widower; Wayne D Sprouse;
one daughter; Sandra Lee
Sprouse of Brownsville; two
brothers; Paul F. Randolph
Jr of Brownsville and Harry
Lee Randolph of Ladelle; and
several nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received in
the Dale F. Crawford Funeral
Home; 126 Front St ;
Brownsville; from 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Friday. Services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Fort Burd United Presbyterian Church;Brownsville;with the Rev.James Browne officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Dale F.Crawford Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Services were held Monday morning;March 24;1980 for Frances Keffer
Smock; 73; of 433 Green St.;
Belle Vernon; who died Thursday; March 20;1980 in Mon Valley
Hospital.
She was born July 29; 1908;
in Hekley; Pa.; daughter of the
late John and Anna Pichinski
Katchmark.
Preceding her in death was
her husband; Frank Smock.
She is survived by a daughter; Mrs. Amos J. (Wanda) Stanley of Belle Vernon;two brothers;Walter Katchmark of Belle Vernon and
Thomas Katchmark of
Clarksville; one sister; Mrs.
Catherine Kulchock of
Bricktown; N.J.; two grandsons and two granddaughters.
A Mass of Christian Burial
was held Monday morning at 10
a.m. in St. Sebastian R.C.
Church; Belle Vernon. Burial
was in Belle Vernon Cemetery.